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- the present invention relates to an information storage medium and a method and a system recording data on the same, and more particularly, to an information storage medium, which includes a plurality of recording layers having a layout structure of a lead-in area, a lead-out area, and a user data area to improve a recording speed and recording performance, and a method and a system recording data on the same.
- an information storage medium is used in relation to a non-contact type optical pickup device for recording/reproducing data.
- a type of optical disk as an example of the information storage medium is divided into a compact disk (CD) or a digital versatile disk (DVD) based on the information recording capacity.
- examples of an erasable optical disk include 650 MB CD-R, CD-RW, and 4.7 GB DVD+RW.
- an HD-DVD having a recording capacity of 20 GB is being developed.
- FIG. 1A A sector address structure of a disk having dual information recording layers is shown in FIG. 1A .
- the disk in FIG. 1A has a first information recording layer L 1 and a second information recording layer L 2 that have lead-in areas 1 a and 2 a and lead-out areas 1 b and 2 b , respectively.
- a first sector address X is increased in a direction from an inner perimeter Rin of the disk to an outer perimeter Rout of the disk.
- a second sector address X′ is increased in a direction from the outer perimeter Rout to the inner perimeter Rin of the disk.
- a multi-layered optical disk having more than two information recording layers can be divided into an opposite track path (OTP) and a parallel track path (PTP) based on directions of recording/reproducing data on/from the disk.
- the OTP reproduces data from the first information recording layer L 1 in a direction from the inner perimeter Rin to the outer perimeter Rout and reproduces data from the second information recording layer L 2 in a direction from the outer perimeter Rout to the inner perimeter Rin, as shown in FIG. 1B .
- the track spiral directions of the OTP optical disk are alternately formed on each of the information recording layers.
- FIG. 1C denotes an OTP multi-layered optical disk having first through fourth information recording layers L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 .
- first through fourth lead-in areas 1 a , 2 a , 3 a , and 4 a and first through fourth lead-out areas 1 b , 2 b , 3 b , and 4 b are alternately formed at the inner perimeter regions and the outer perimeter regions of the first through fourth information recording layers L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 of the disk, respectively.
- the data is reproduced from the first information recording layer L 1 in the direction from the inner perimeter Rin to the outer perimeter Rout, from the second information recording layer L 2 in the direction from the outer perimeter Rout to the inner perimeter Rin, from the third information recording layer L 3 in the direction from the inner perimeter Rin to the outer perimeter Rout, and from the fourth information recording layer L 4 in the direction from the outer perimeter Rout to the inner perimeter Rin
- FIG. 2 denotes a PTP dual-layered optical disk having a first information recording layer L 1 from which data is reproduced in a direction from an inner perimeter Rin to an outer perimeter Rout and a second information recording layer L 2 from which data is reproduced in a direction from the inner perimeter Rin to the outer perimeter Rout.
- first information recording layer L 1 from which data is reproduced in a direction from an inner perimeter Rin to an outer perimeter Rout
- second information recording layer L 2 from which data is reproduced in a direction from the inner perimeter Rin to the outer perimeter Rout.
- track spiral directions of the information recording layers are the same.
- a first lead-in area 1 a is formed at the inner perimeter portion of the first information recording layer L 1
- a first lead-out area 1 b is formed at the outer perimeter portion of the first information recording layer L 1
- a second lead-in area 2 a is formed at the inner perimeter portion of the second information recording layer L 2
- a second lead-out area 2 b is formed at the outer perimeter portion of the second information recording layer L 2 .
- the lead-in areas 1 a , 2 a , 3 a , and 4 a and the lead-out areas 1 b , 2 b , 3 b , and 4 b include information about the disk and various conditions about recording. Accordingly, user data can be properly recorded and reproduced when reproducing the user data from the lead-in areas 1 a , 2 a , 3 a , and 4 a and the lead-out areas 1 b , 2 b , 3 b , and 4 b.
- the amount of the data to be recorded on the multi-layered information storage medium is smaller than the capacity of the information recording layers, there is an empty area on at least one information recording layer.
- FIG. 3A illustrates a single-layered recordable information storage medium
- FIG. 3B illustrates a dual layered recordable information storage medium. The locations and the capacities of lead-in areas, lead-out areas, and user data areas are fixed.
- the data may be recorded on the entire area of the data area of the first information recording layer L 1 and on a portion of the data area of the second information recording layer L 2 , as shown in FIG. 4 .
- the beam may pass through a portion L 1 R of the first information recording layer L 1 on which the data is recorded and a portion L 2 N of the second information recording layer L 2 on which the data is not recorded, or the beam may pass through portions L 1 R and L 2 R of the first and second information recording layers L 1 and L 2 on which the data is recorded.
- a reproducing characteristic may be affected.
- the consistency and unity with the information storage medium of a particular type should be considered and the reproducing performance of a multi-layered information storage medium should be considered.
- a conventional recordable DVD has a single information recording layer and a capacity of 4.7 GB.
- a conventional DVD-ROM has a capacity of 8.5 GB and dual information recording layers.
- a recordable DVD having the same capacity is required.
- a method of efficiently recording data is required to reduce a back-up time of the data.
- an information storage medium on which a layout structure of areas is defined to minimize a recording time and efficiently move a pickup between information recording layers, and a method of and a system recording data on the same are provided.
- a recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers, wherein each of the information recording layers includes a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for use with a drive, and the amount of user data to be recorded is divided to allot the data area having the same capacity on each of the information recording layers.
- the location of the lead-out area varies according to the capacity of the data area.
- the dedicated area is arranged at the outmost perimeter of the information storage medium.
- the dedicated area is a test area, and the location of the dedicated area is fixed.
- a method of recording data on a recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers wherein each of the information recording layers includes a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for use with a drive, the method including performing a test on the dedicated area for the drive, dividing the amount of the user data to be recorded into the number of the information recording layers and recording the same amount of data on each of the information recording layers, and recording the data having a lead-out property following the data area of each of the information recording layers.
- a system for recording data on a recordable information storage medium having a plurality of information recording layers wherein each of the information recording layers includes a lead-in area, a user data area, a lead-out area, and a dedicated area for a drive, including a pickup unit radiating a beam to the information storage medium, a recording/reproducing signal process unit receiving the beam reflected on the information storage medium through the pickup unit and performing a signal process, and a control unit performing a test in the dedicated area for the drive and dividing the amount of user data to be recorded into the number of the information recording layers to record the same amount of data on each of the information recording layers.
- FIG. 1A illustrates a sector address structure of a conventional DVD-ROM double-layered optical disk
- FIG. 1B illustrates the arrangement of lead-in areas and lead-out areas of a conventional DVD-ROM opposite track pack (OTP) dual-layered optical disk;
- OTP opposite track pack
- FIG. 1C illustrates the arrangement of lead-in areas and lead-out areas of a conventional OTP four-layered optical disk
- FIG. 2 illustrates the arrangement of lead-in areas and lead-out areas of a conventional DVD-ROM parallel track path (PTP) four-layered optical disk;
- PTP parallel track path
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are layouts of a conventional single-layered information storage medium and a conventional dual-layered information storage medium, respectively;
- FIG. 4 illustrates regions to which a beam is input in the case where data is recorded on portions of a conventional dual-layered information storage medium
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are layouts of a dual information storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B are layouts of a four-layered information storage medium according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a system of recording and/or reproducing data on/from an information storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- An information storage medium has a plurality of information recording layers.
- each of the information recording layers includes a data area on which user data is recorded, and a lead-in area and a lead-out area that are arranged at an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter of the data area, respectively.
- the information storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a recordable information storage medium, and more efficiently, to a recordable information storage medium on which the amount of data to be recorded is determined before recording data.
- the amount of data to be recorded is divided into the number of the information recording layers in order to record the same amount of data on each of the information recording layers.
- the capacities and the locations of the data areas and the lead-out areas may vary according to the amount of the data to be recorded.
- FIG. 5A illustrates an opposite track path (OTP) dual layer information storage medium
- FIG. 5B illustrates a parallel track path (PTP) dual layer information storage medium
- the dual layer information storage medium includes a first information recording layer L 1 and a second information recording layer L 2
- the information recording layers L 1 and L 2 include lead-in areas 20 -L 1 and 20 -L 2 , data areas 30 -L 1 and 30 -L 2 , and lead-out areas 40 -L 1 and 40 -L 2 , respectively.
- the amount of data to be recorded is predetermined, the amount of data is divided into halves and each half is allotted to the data areas 30 -L 1 and 30 -L 2 , respectively.
- the reference character C denotes the maximum of the user data to be recorded.
- the lead-out areas 40 -L 1 and 40 -L 2 are arranged at the outer perimeters of the data areas 30 -L 1 and 30 -L 2 of the information recording layers to record the data in a pattern having a lead-out property.
- a location of the lead-out areas 40 -L 1 and 40 -L 2 varies depending on the amount of data recorded.
- the lead-in area and the lead-out area that are located in the middle in a data recording direction may be referred to as a middle area or a connection area.
- the lead-out area 40 -L 1 of the first information recording layer L 1 and the lead-out area 40 -L 2 of the second information recording layer L 2 in FIG. 5A and the lead-out area 40 -L 1 of the first information recording layer L 1 and the lead-in area 20 -L 2 of the second information recording layer L 2 may be referred to as the middle areas or the connection areas.
- an information storage medium includes a dedicated area for use by a recording and/or reproducing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a drive) in order for the drive to read recording information before recording user data.
- the dedicated area may include, for example, a test area for performing a test for detecting an optimum recording power of a recording medium and/or an area of recording information about recording histories of the drive.
- the test in the drive is performed before recording the user data, thus it is impossible to recognize the amount of data to be recorded. Therefore, the drive cannot determine the location of performing the test. As a result, the location of a test area should be fixed.
- test areas 45 -L 1 and 45 -L 2 may be fixed at the outmost perimeter of the information recording layers L 1 and L 2 .
- the drive performs tests using the test areas 45 -L 1 and 45 -L 2 and records data. Thereafter, the drive records the pattern having the lead-out property at the outer perimeter of data areas 30 -L 1 and 30 -L 2 , which are set depending on the size of the data to be recorded.
- the lead-out property is a data pattern to prohibit a pickup from separating from an information storage medium.
- the areas 43 -L 1 and 43 -L 2 between the lead-out areas 40 -L 1 and 40 -L 2 and the test areas 45 -L 1 and 45 -L 2 remain empty. Since the empty areas 43 -L 1 and 43 -L 2 are present, a recording time can be reduced compared to a case where the pattern having the lead-out property is recorded at the outmost perimeter of a recording medium.
- the recording may be performed according to an OTP type.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B illustrate an OTP multi-layered information storage medium and a PTP multi-layered information storage medium including first through fourth information recording layers L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 , respectively.
- the first through fourth information recording layers L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 include lead-in areas 20 -L 1 , 20 -L 2 , 20 -L 3 , and 20 -L 4 , data areas 30 -L 1 , 30 -L 2 , 30 -L 3 , and 30 -L 4 , lead-out areas 40 -L 1 , 40 -L 2 , 40 -L 3 , and 40 -L 4 , and dedicated areas for a drive 45 -L 1 , 45 -L 2 , 45 -L 3 , and 45 -L 4 , respectively.
- the amount of data to be recorded is divided to be approximately equally distributed among the data areas 30 -L 1 , 30 -L 2 , 30 -L 3 , and 30 -L 4 each having the same capacity that are formed on the first through fourth information recording layers L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 , respectively.
- the lead-out areas 40 -L 1 , 40 -L 2 , 40 -L 3 , and 40 -L 4 are arranged following the data areas 30 -L 1 , 30 -L 2 , 30 -L 3 , and 30 -L 4 on which the user data is recorded.
- the reference character C designates a maximum amount of user data that may be recorded.
- the pattern having a lead-out property is recorded on the lead-out areas 40 -L 1 , 40 -L 2 , 40 -L 3 , and 40 -L 4 .
- the dedicated areas 45 -L 1 , 45 -L 2 , 45 -L 3 , and 45 -L 4 may be arranged at the outmost perimeter of the information recording layers L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 .
- these areas are empty 43 -L 1 , 43 -L 2 , 43 -L 3 and 43 -L 4 .
- FIG. 7 illustrates a system recording/reproducing data on/from an information storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a system recording/reproducing data includes a pickup unit 50 , a recording/reproducing signal process unit 60 , and a control unit 70 . More specifically, the system includes a laser diode 51 of radiating a beam, a collimating lens 52 of collimating the beam radiated from the laser diode 51 , a beam splitter 54 of converting the path of the incidence beam, and an objective lens 56 of concentrating the beam from the beam splitter 54 on an information storage medium D.
- the beam reflected from the information storage medium D is reflected on the beam splitter 54 and received by an optical detector, for example, a quadrant optical detector 57 .
- the beam received by the optical detector 57 is converted into electric signals by passing through an operation circuit unit 58 and output as RF signals, In other words, channel Ch 1 detects a sum of signals and differential signal channel Ch 2 detects push-pull signals.
- the control unit 70 performs a test in test areas 45 -L 1 and 45 -L 2 of the information storage medium D before recording data on the information storage medium D.
- the control unit 70 records approximately the same amount of user data on each of the information recording layers L 1 and L 2 of the information storage medium D.
- the control unit 70 controls the pickup unit 50 to radiate a recording beam of a proper power, which is obtained by the test, to record the user data on the information storage medium D.
- the pattern of a lead-out property is recorded in at least one of the lead-out areas 40 -L 1 or 40 -L 2 .
- control unit 70 finishes the recording without recording data on the areas 43 -L 1 and 43 -L 2 (i.e., the areas are left empty).
- a beam reflected from the information storage medium D is input to the optical detector 57 by passing through the objective lens 56 and the beam splitter 54 .
- the signals input to the optical detector 57 are converted into electric signals by the operation circuit unit 58 and output as RF signals.
- a method of recording data recognizes the amount of data to be recorded on an information storage medium when the information storage medium is loaded on a drive, and performs a test on a dedicated area for the drive, for example, a test area of the information storage medium. Thereafter, the amount of the data is divided to allot data areas having approximately the same amount on each of information recording layers. Then, the data is recorded based on the allotted amount of data, and the data having a lead-out property is recorded following the data areas on the information recording layers.
- an information storage medium provides a physical layout of a recordable information storage medium.
- the information storage medium according to aspects of the present invention includes a plurality of information recording layers having lead-in areas, data areas, and lead-out areas, and the data areas are allotted to record approximately the same amount of data on each of the information recording layers.
- a layout for remaining areas after the recording of the data is provided to minimize a data recording time.
- a method and a system of recording data may efficiently record data on an information storage medium.
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